News Press Releases Vancouver rally for BC-based members of the Canadian Paralympic team
Attention News/Assignment/Sports/Photo Editors:
VANCOUVER (May 9, 2008) – Several BC-based members of the Canadian Paralympic team, including two-time Paralympic gold medalist Richard Peter, will join representatives from Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), the BC Paraplegic Association, BC Wheelchair Sports and the Canadian Paralympic Committee to raise awareness about the 2008 Paralympic Games and to share the excitement with our local Vancouver athletes as they prepare and train for Beijing. Guests will have the chance to meet athletes and show their support by signing a banner wishing them good luck on the road to Beijing, China. The banner will hang in the Athlete’s Village in Beijing.
The Beijing Paralympic Games run from Sept. 6-17 in China.
Date: Monday, May 12, 2008
Time: 12 p.m. [noon] (formal program begins at 12:15 p.m.)
Where: GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, 4255 Laurel Street, Vancouver
Who: Anne Sutherland Boal, Chief Operating Officer, VGH, UBC
Hospital and GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre; Sam Sullivan, Mayor, City
of Vancouver; Richard Peter, Member, Canadian Paralympic Men’s
Basketball Team.
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© 2009 Canadian Paralympic Committee
